18906742. ROTARY ASSEMBLY (Rolls-Royce plc)
ROTARY ASSEMBLY
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Inventor(s)
Christopher A. Murray of Nottingham GB
ROTARY ASSEMBLY
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18906742 titled 'ROTARY ASSEMBLY
Original Abstract Submitted
A rotary assembly of a pressurized air system for an aircraft with a rotor configured to be mechanically coupled to a spool of a gas turbine engine and a flow modifier with a first section and a second section. The first section defining a plurality of first flow channels configured to receive flow from the rotor. The second section defining a plurality of second flow channels configured to direct flow towards the rotor. The rotary assembly is configured to permit relative movement between the rotor and the flow modifier to move between a turbine configuration in which the rotor is configured to receive air from an external air source to drive the spool to rotate and a compressor configuration in which the rotor is configured to be driven to rotate by the spool and to receive and compress air from the gas turbine engine.